2017年6月大学英语六级阅读理解每日一练（19）
距离2017年6月大学英语六级考试还有一个半月的时间，已经报名的同学备考一定要抓紧，不要临时抱佛脚。新东方网英语六级频道为大家整理了英语六级阅读理解每日一练，每天一道题考试不担心。An industrial society, especially one as centralized and concentrated as
that of Britain, is heavily dependant on certain essential services: for
instance, electricity supply, water, rail and road transport, the harbors. The
area of dependency has widened to include removing rubbish, hospital and
ambulance services, and, as the economy develops, central computer and
information services as well. If any of these services ceases to operate, the
whole economic system is in danger.
It is this interdependency of the economic system that makes the power of
trade unions such an important issue. Single trade unions have the ability to
cut off many economic blood supplies. This can happen more easily in Britain
than in some other countries, in part because the labor force is highly
organized. About 55 per cent of British workers belong to unions, compared to
under a quarter in the United States. For historical reasons, Britain's unions
have tended to develop along trade and occupational lines, rather than on an
industry-by-industry basis, which makes wage policy, democracy in industry and
the improvement of procedures for fixing wage levels difficult to achieve.
There are considerable strains and tensions in the trade union movement,
some of them arising from their outdated and inefficient structure. Some unions
have lost many members because of industrial changes. Others are involved in
arguments about who should represent workers in new trades. Unions for skilled
trades are separate from general unions, which means that different levels of
wages for certain jobs are often a source of bad feeling between unions. In
traditional trades which are being pushed out of existence by advancing
technologies, unions can fight for their members' disappearing jobs to the point
where the jobs of other union's members are threatened or destroyed. The
printing of newspapers both in the United States and in Britain has frequently
been halted by the efforts of printers to hold on to their traditional
highly-paid jobs.
21. Why is the question of trade union power important in Britain?
A. The economy is very much interdependent.
B. Unions have been established a long time.
C. There are more unions in Britain than elsewhere.
D. There are many essential services.
22. Because of their out-of-date organization some unions find it difficult
to______.
A. change as industries change B. get new members to join them
C. learn new technologies D. bargain for high enough wages
23. Disagreements arise between unions because some of them
A. try to win over members of other unions
B. ignore agreements
C. protect their own members at the expense of others
D. take over other union's jobs
24. It is difficult to improve the procedures for fixing wage levels
because______.
A. some industries have no unions
B. unions are not organized according to industries
C. only 55 per cent of workers belong to unions
D. some unions are too powerful
25. Which of the following is NOT TRUE?
A. There are strains and tensions in the trade union movement.
B. Some unions have lost many members.
C. Some unions exist in the outdated structure.
D. A higher percentage of American workers belong to unions than that of
British workers.
21. A 22. A 23. C 24. B 25. D
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